Chapter 2
Kern Portend did not like being dead. Nor did he like the future. And at this moment, he didn't like the girl beside him either. Being a sensitive type of fellow, he told her this.
The girl beside him pulled her sparkly blue scarf tighter around her slender body, trying to ignore the thick-skinned adolescent beside her. Since she'd seen Ghastly in Aideen's tavern she'd been shaken. Should she have said something? Would he have even have remembered her? Of course he would have: she was a hard person to forget.
Kern Portend did not like sitting on a cold wall by an empty main street. Nor did he like being ignored. And he was hungry. He expressed this.
The girl sighed, "Please be quiet."
Kern paused, looking at her. It was hard not to look really; her face was paler than the reflection of the moon in the puddle beside them. "Sooo" Drawing out the word, he glanced around, "What's the plan of action? I mean look at us. We're hungry, cold, dirty and hungry. And what are we going to do? Are we going to storm the Irish Council of Elders? I'm assuming that we're still in Ireland, although nothing looks the same. Even the tavern's changed" And I thought that place couldn't get any worse. "Nothing looks the same. Nothing" He paused for dramatic effect, "Nothing! Do you hear me? You're not even listening!"
The girl sighed again, "You said hungry twice."
"That's because I'm truly hungry! I feel like I haven't eaten for 100 years!"
The girl sighed for the umpteenth time, "Use your damn brain. Follow your nose, there's a bakery across the track."
Kern looked across the road at the brightly lit shop in front of him. "Oh" he murmured, launching himself off the wall.
As Kern ambled towards Tony's Fish and Chip Shop, the girl decided to come up with a plan of action. After four seconds, she had worked a sufficiently simple plan; find the Council of Elders, find Ghastly, and… get some new clothes. She hated to admit it but both herself and Kern looked like they had just stepped out of a grave. Her favourite dress had been ripped and torn in more places than she could count and her hair was almost as limp as she felt. She knew she shouldn't have messed with Kern's life force; her soul was well and truly messed up.
Thump. The girl jumped, turning to see Kern huffing beside her. Seeing the girl's dainty raised eyebrow, Kern snarled, "Well I can't eat can I? I'm dead."
The girl shook her head. This was going to take some explaining. "Get up Bones, we're going for a wander."
Okay, so I just want to say thank-you to mochabelle33, NightCoree.x and Giana Sparrow for reviewing. You have no idea how much it means to me. I'll start writing the next chapter straight away just for you guys. Jacqueline xx